Yes, but are we selling more chicken?

Yes, but are we selling more chicken?

(l-r) Nkanyezi Masango, Melissa Carney, Kabelo Moshapalo, and Tristan Vogt When news about KAIIA, a South African AI platform capable of understanding local culture and communicating in the 11 official languages, was first “leaked” to the public, some couldn’t wait to get their hands on the home-grown virtual assistant. Users quickly noticed that while the…

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The rise of AI-native government

The rise of AI-native government

Mohammed Amin, Senior Vice President, CEEMETA, Dell Technologies. Across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa (CEEMETA), the public sector AI conversation has changed dramatically. Just two years ago, the government was focused on developing AI strategies, identifying use cases and launching pilot projects. Today, many public sector organisations are already deploying…

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Humanoid Raises 2 Million at .35 Billion Post-Money Valuation, Becoming Europe’s First Pure-Play Humanoid Robotics Unicorn

Humanoid Raises $152 Million at $1.35 Billion Post-Money Valuation, Becoming Europe’s First Pure-Play Humanoid Robotics Unicorn

Humanoid, a UK-based AI and robotics company building industrial humanoid robots, announced a $152 million Series A financing at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation. This funding brings the total amount raised to date to $270 million. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, a venture capital firm focused on investments in breakthrough scientific startups…

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South Africa’s mobile operators strike spectrum gold

South Africa’s mobile operators strike spectrum gold

South Africa has, for the first time, formally earmarked the entire upper 6GHz band for mobile networks, handing operators a potential 700MHz of prime mid-band spectrum and settling – at least directionally – a global tug of war between the cellular industry and Wi-Fi advocates over the most valuable unassigned frequencies in telecommunications. The decision…

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